Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.87%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which rose 1.03% or 0.47 points to trade at 46.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 0.42% or 0.30 points to end at 71.78 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 0.25% or 0.21 points to 84.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 3.88% or 0.99 points to trade at 24.52 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 2.97% or 1.62 points to end at 52.93 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was down 2.93% or 2.54 points to 84.26.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 15.65% to 12.270, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 4.94% to settle at 53.100 and Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which gained 2.44% to close at 17.62.
The worst performers were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 5.72% to 31.18 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 4.93% to settle at 34.55 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 3.88% to 24.52 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 333 to 253 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Renault SA (PA:RENA) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.97% or 1.62 to 52.93.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.88% to 22.48.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.51% or 6.55 to $1287.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.03% or 1.83 to hit $47.24 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.57% or 1.92 to trade at $55.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.96% to 1.1352, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.9011.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 96.370.